State Reps. John Bennett and Dan Fisher said they question the motives of the Oklahoma chapter of the Center for American-Islamic Relations in planning a Muslim Day at the Capitol event on February 27.

Numbers have not come easily for Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett. Just after announcing that Midstates Petroleum Company would move 25 individuals from Houston (where the mayor promised more corporate moves), a tidal wave of layoffs swept across Tulsa. Helmerich & Payne, Laredo Petroleum, Chaparral, Apache and Denver based SM Energy announced over 2,000 job cuts.